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Version 0.1.7
January 2009
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General:
    - Fixed makefiles for GNU/kFreeBSD, GNU/hurd. (lf)
    - Fixed build errors with gcc 4.3 pre-release. (lf)
    - Fixed compiler error that occurs when using 64 bit pointers. (rs)
    - Added support for Code::Blocks and MSVC 9. (rs, pk)
    - Added more unit tests (rs)
    - Several other bug fixes (rs, pk)

Checker:
    - Added for this release. (rs)
    - Added test project. (rs)

CheckReturn:
    - Added for this release. (rs, pk)
    - Added test project. (rs + pk)

flex_string:
    - Fixed bugs in several functions and storage policies. (aa, rs, jfg)

LevelMutex:
    - Added for this release. (rs)
    - Added unit tests for LevelMutex. (rs)

SafeBits:
    - Added for this release. (rs, fp)
    - Added unit tests for SafeBits. (rs, fp)

SmartPtr:
    - Fixed double-delete race condition. (rs)

StrongPtr:
    - Fixed destructor so cleanup is only done once. (rs)
    - Fixed test by using class level locking. (lf)

Threads:
    - Add possibility to enable recursive mutex support for pthread (pk)
    - Added more atomic functions.  (rs)

Type Traits:
    - Added 64 bit support. (cg)

CVS commits by:
        Andrei Alexandrescu (aa)
        Guillaume Chatelet (cg)
        Lukas Fittl (lf)
        Peter Kümmel (pk)
        Rich Sposato (rs)

Contributions by:
        Andrei Alexandrescu (aa)
        Jean-Francois Bastien (jfb)
        Guillaume Chatelet (cg)
        Lukas Fittl (lf)
        Fedor Pikus (fp)
        Peter Kümmel (pk)
        Rich Sposato (rs)

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Version 0.1.6
February 25, 2007
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General:
    - CacheFactory added by Guillaume Chatelet
    - Factory documentation improved by Guillaume Chatelet
    - migrated to subversion (pk)
    - Mac linker errors fixed (lf)
    - Makefiles can now be called from sub directories (lf)
    - Makefiles know includes and recompile if they are changed (linux, macosx) (lf)
    - Build all tests except SingletonDll with the static library (linux, macosx) (lf)
    - use standard conforming naming, SUN's compiler needs it (pk)
    - add Loki:: to LOKI_ macros
    - several bug fixes.

AbstractFactory:
    - remove injected friends. (thanks to Sigoure Benoit, pk)
   
AssocVector:
    - remove injected friends. (thanks to Sigoure Benoit, pk)
    
LockingPtr:
    - constructor added which gets a std::pair of pointers 
      to the object and the mutex (pk)
    
Pimpl:
    - ImplT/PimplT/RimplT renamed to a more readable version: ImplOf (pk)

Register:
    - also produce a informative LOKI_CHECK_CLASS_IN_LIST error message with GCC (pk)

SafeFormat:
    - add writing to ostream, by Tom Browder (pk)
    - add unsigned long version for Windows, (Thanks to ShenLei, pk)
    
Sequence:
    - Also compiles with Aix
    - switched to recursive implementation
    
Singleton
    - example: move instantiation to the source file 
      fixes linker error with gcc 4.0.1 on the mac, 
      (Thanks to Idar Tollefsen and Sam Miller, pk)
    - 64 bit linker error fixed (lf)

SmallObj:
    - compiler errors on SUN fixed (pk)    
    - more documentation (rs)
    - more tests (rs)
    - AIX fixed, (thanks to Dieter Rosch, pk)
  
StrongPtr:
    - Added typedef so LockableTwoRefCounts uses thread-safe allocator. (rs)
    - AIX fixed, (thanks to Dieter Rosch, pk)
    - linker error when using threads fixed (pk)
  
Threads:
    - reentrance support added to the pthread mutex (Thanks to Shen Lei, pk)
      

CVS commits by Guillaume Chatelet (gc), Lukas Fittl (lf), Peter Kümmel (pk), Rich Sposato (rs)
      

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Version 0.1.5
June 19, 2006
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General:
    - operator== added to Functor, initiated by Eric Beyeler (pk)
    - new Strong/Weak smart pointer added. (rs)
    - loki.spec (Thanks to Regis Desgroppes and Andreas Scherer, pk)
    - build shared lib also on mac osx (Thanks to Sam Miller, lf)
    - added MinGW .dev files for the library (rs)
    - some makefile improvements (Thanks to Sam Miller, lf)
    - adding an XCode build project (kx)
    
    
flex_string:
    - compare bug fixed in flex_string_shell.h (Thanks to David A. Capello, pk)
    
Function:
    - test is doesn't need boost any more (pk)
    - wrong default parameter fixed (pk)
    
OrderedStatic:
    - undef all min/max macros (Thanks to Shen Lei, pk)
    
Singleton:
    - Singleton<> moved into correct namespace (Thanks to Sam Miller, pk)
    
SmartPtr:
    - patch for RedHat 9: undefined uintptr_t (Thanks to Regis Desgroppes, pk)
    - more tests (rs)
    - bugs 1452805 and 1451835 fixed (rs)
    - addded HeapStorage policy as mentioned in Feature Request 1441024 (rs)
    - added MinGW test project for SmartPtr (rs)
    

CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs), Lukas Fittl (lf),
Christopher Knox (kx), and Peter Kümmel (pk)



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Version 0.1.4
March 8, 2006
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General:
    - helper templates for Pimpl/Rimpl implementations added (pk)
    - improved Makefiles (lf)
    - improved make.msvc.bat files (pk)
    - cvs LOG keywords added (rs)
    - removed old c style casts (lf)
    - more warning enabled on gcc (lf)
    - new header added: ConstPolicy.h (rs,pk)
    - new header added: RefToValue.h (rs,pk)
    - standard RPM specification file for integrated installation 
      on OpenSUSE Linux added (Thanks to Andreas Scherer, pk)
    - using Loki as shared library is now possible (pk,lf)
    - Register.h added (pk)
    
    
Function:
    - guard including (pk)
    - test stsic functions (pk)
    - test LOKI_FUNCTOR_IS_NOT_A_SMALLOBJECT  (pk)
    
Functor:
    - Added explicit call to base copy-constructor (rs)  
    - Changed base class from SmallObject to SmallValueObject. (Thanks to Sam Miller, rs)
    - add possibility to disable inheritance from SmallValueObject: LOKI_FUNCTOR_IS_NOT_A_SMALLOBJECT (pk)
    
ScopeGuard:
    - naming conflict with SmartPtr removed (rs,pk)
    - ByRef moved to RefByVale (rs,pk)
  
Singleton:
    - support of allocators with a standard interface added (Thanks to Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva, pk)
    - convenience template Singleton added for shared libraries (Thanks to Marcus Lindblom, pk)
    - example added which shows how to use Singletons with shared libraries added (Thanks to Marcus Lindblom, pk)

SmartPtr:
    - supports propagating constness by additional policy (rs,pk)
    - ArrayStorage policy added (Thanks to Sam Miller, pk)
    - fix in RefCounted for Mac OSX gcc 4.0.0 (Thanks to Sam Miller, pk)
    - RefCounted ported to 64 bit (pk)
    - add mutex policy (pk)
    - new test code (rs)
    - RecjectNullStrict const member function added (Thanks to Sam Miller, pk)
    - Moved a monolithic RefLinkedBase class from header file to new source file. (rs)
    - ByRef moved to RefToVale (rs,pk)
    - Fixed bug 1425890.  Last SmartPtr in linked chain NULLs its prev & next
      pointers to prevent infinite recursion.  Added asserts. (rs)
    - Bug fix: infinite recursion in SmartPtr destructor (rs)
    
LockingPtr:
    - wrong return types fixed (rs)
    - add mutex policy (rs,pk)
    - supports now propagating constness (pk,rs)
    - macro switch LOKI_DEFAULT_CONSTNESS added for propagating constness (pk)
    - multi threaded example added 
    
SafeFormat:
    - definition moved to src/SafeFormat.cpp, it's now part of the library
    
Singleton:
    - add mutex policy (pk)

SmallObj:
    - add mutex policy (pk)
    - Added check for memory leak inside destructor. (Thanks to Kwak Jae Hyuk, rs)

Threads:
    - Mutex added (rs,pk)
    - use Loki::Mutex instead of win32/posix mutexes in threading classes (rs,pk)


CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs), Lukas Fittl (lf)
and Peter Kümmel (pk)



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Version 0.1.3
January 9, 2006
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General:
    - LockPtr added (rs)
    - ScopeGuard added (pk,rs)
    - improved Makefiles (lf,pk)
    - several gcc fixes and removed warnings by Lukas Fittl (lf)
    - tested on 64-bit Linux (pk)
    - MS Visual C++ 2005 project files added (pk)
    - now also the ms toolkit 2003 generates a library (pk)

OrderedStatic:
    - point operator added (pk)

SafeFormat:
    - moved into namespace Loki (pk)
    - 64 bit problems fixed (Thanks to Zak Kipling)
    - ported to 64-bit Windows, not tested (pk)
    - Printf/SPrintfing of std::strings added (pk)
    - all warnings removed gcc and msvc (pk)
    - use snprintf for "%p"
    - test program: speed comparison added (pk)

SmallObject:
    - added functions to check for memory corruption (rs)
    - more fine tuning (rs)
    - warnings removed (pk)
    
TypeTraits:
    - bug 1388477 fixed (pk)
    
flex_string:
    - fixed compare bug by updating (Thanks to Justin Matthews, pk)
    - fixed seg faults on Linux and Windows (pk)
    - improved error reporting of the test program (pk)
    
SmartPtr:
    - make object level locking possible (Thanks to Ryan Smith, pk)
    
BindFirst:
    - store Functor arguments by value (bug 1383566) (pk)
    
Visitor:
    - add support for visiting constant member functions (pk)
    - example added (pk)
    
ScopeGuard:
    - example added (pk)
    
    
CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs), Lukas Fittl (lf)
and Peter Kümmel (pk)


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Version 0.1.2
November 16, 2005
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General:
    - changes to compile under Linux (Thanks to David Lawrence, pk)
    - more doxygen documentation, modules added (rs, pk)

SmartPtr:
    - three year old bugs 626407 and 541846 fixed: 
      Assertion with SmartPtr<T, LinkedRef> (pk)
      SmartPtr and COMRefCounted (Thanks to James Mclaren, pk)

Typelists:
    - it's now possible to completely disable the 
      LOKI_TYPELIST_  macros (pk)
    - marco definitions moved to a separate file (pk)

Factory:
    - Factory now protects its private data (pk)
    - new method to get the keys: 
      std::vector<IdType> RegisteredIds() (pk)
    
Functor:
    - TR1 methods added: empty() and clear() (pk)
    
Function:
    - boost/TR1 like Function template with 
      improved member function pointer usage (pk)
    - tested with boost's function_test.cpp 

Sequence:
    - small change in usage: use e.g. Functor<void,Seq<bool &> > 
      instead of Functor<void,Seq<bool &>::Type > 

SmallObjects:
    - comparison of new/malloc/std::allocator/boost::object_pool (rs, pk)
    - #undef LOKI_SMALL_OBJECT_USE_NEW_ARRAY when using a ms compiler (pk)
    - new lifetimes in namespace LongevityLifetime to manage dependencies: 
      DieAsSmallObjectParent and DieAsSmallObjectClient (pk)
    - no memory leaks when using SmallObjects (pk)
    - new default lifetime is DieAsSmallObjectParent (pk)

Threads:
    - threads on POSIX systems (Thanks to Ilya Volvovski ,pk)
    - small regression test program (pk)

Singleton:
    - new lifetime: FollowIntoDeath (pk)
    - new namespace LongevityLifetime with lifetimes DieLast, DieFirst,
      DieDirectlyBeforeLast, and function SingletonFixedLongevity (pk)
    - new implementation for SetLongevity (pk)
    - example programs (pk)
    
    
CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs) and Peter Kümmel (pk)



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Version 0.1.1
October 17, 2005
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Singleton: 
    - wrong ordered longevity fixed (Thanks to Kwak Jae Hyuk, pk)
    - less warnings with msvc (Thanks to  John Bates, pk)
    - new policy, DeletableSingleton, from Curtis Krauskopf, 
      see also CUJ article 'Creating Dynamic Singletons & the Loki Library',(pk)
    
AssocVector:
    - hinted insert does now preserve ordering (Thanks to Christopher Twigg, pk)
    - additional 'hinted insert' test for Regression test by Christopher Twigg (pk)
    - fix name look up (Thanks to Markus Werle, pk)

SmallObj:
     - several improvements (rs)
     - more documentation (rs)
     - improved SmallBench (rs, pk)

Longevity:
    - example added (pk)
    - additional example similar to that of the book, by Curtis Krauskopf (pk)
    
OrderedStatic:
    - a proposal to solve the 'static initialization ordered fiasco' problem (pk)

Sequence:
    - a proposal to replace the LOKI_TYPELIST_XX macros with a template implementation (pk)
    - e.g.: LOKI_TYPELIST_1(int) becomes Seq<int>::Type 
      inspired by the functional language OPAL (pk)
            
            
CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs) and Peter Kümmel (pk)



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Version 0.1.0
September 29, 2005
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General:
    - version numbering started 
    - new directory structure 
    - Andrei's yasli, flex_string, and SafePrint added  (pk)
    - all macros now in the LOKI "namespace", e.g.: 
      TYPLELIST_1 -> LOKI_TYPELIST_1  (rs, pk)
    - Makefiles added: tested with gcc 3.4 (mingw, cygwin),
      msvc 8.0, and the toolkit  (pk)
    - added some documentation (rs)
    - several bug fixes (pk)
    - added a cvs-list to sourceforge where you can see all changes (pk)
    
SmallObjects:
    - new implementation (rs)
    
Factory:
    - works now with parameters (pk)
    - regression test added (Thanks to Kalle Rutanen, pk)
    
TypeTraits: 
    - isMemberPointer, isFunction added (Thanks to Kalle Rutanen, pk)
    - regression test added (Thanks to Kalle Rutanen, pk)
    
Threading: 
    - new macros for better thread support (win32):
      LOKI_CLASS_LEVEL_THREADING and LOKI_OBJECT_LEVEL_THREADING (pk)


CVS commits by Rich Sposato (rs) and Peter Kümmel (pk)